DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1123520 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBY COUNTY IN THE COMMUNITY

Use the Power of Derby County Football Club to improve lives and communities through health, education, physical activity and sport.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£3.9m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £366,089 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,428,452 to £1,062,363. Despite the deficit, the trustees state the organisation remains in a healthy position with strong cash reserves of £1,569,800. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of core costs, reforecast to £168,000, plus a £135,000 buffer, with total designated funds held at £506,268.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1 1” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club... and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003... and received income to the value of £52,769

“S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club, Stadia DCFC and DCFC Academy and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003 (2024: £234,891), with £60,297 held in creditors, and received income to the value of £52,769 (2024: £82,422), with £694 (2024: £71,505) held in debtors.” — page 40

“P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area. During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council (2024: £141,971) with £41,054 (2024: £Nil) held in debtors.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area... During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council

“S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club, Stadia DCFC and DCFC Academy and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003 (2024: £234,891), with £60,297 held in creditors, and received income to the value of £52,769 (2024: £82,422), with £694 (2024: £71,505) held in debtors.” — page 40

“P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area. During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council (2024: £141,971) with £41,054 (2024: £Nil) held in debtors.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: C Hart is a Cabinet Member for Health and Communities within Derbyshire County Council and is also a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £661... and received funding to the value of £28,110

“S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club, Stadia DCFC and DCFC Academy and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003 (2024: £234,891), with £60,297 held in creditors, and received income to the value of £52,769 (2024: £82,422), with £694 (2024: £71,505) held in debtors.” — page 40

“P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area. During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council (2024: £141,971) with £41,054 (2024: £Nil) held in debtors.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: B Atwal is a partner at Smith Partnership Solicitors... and is also a Trustee of DCCT. DCCT do not pay for services provided by Smith Partnership Solicitors due to this. During the year the charity received sponsorship to the value of £3,680... and incurred expenses of £1,311

“S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club, Stadia DCFC and DCFC Academy and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003 (2024: £234,891), with £60,297 held in creditors, and received income to the value of £52,769 (2024: £82,422), with £694 (2024: £71,505) held in debtors.” — page 40

“P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area. During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council (2024: £141,971) with £41,054 (2024: £Nil) held in debtors.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: D Jackson is a director at HUUB and is also a trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity received income from HUUB to the value of £7,900... and incurred expenses to the value of £23,760

“S Pearce is a member of the senior management team of Derby County Football Club, Stadia DCFC and DCFC Academy and a Trustee of DCCT. During the year the charity incurred expenses to the value of £252,003 (2024: £234,891), with £60,297 held in creditors, and received income to the value of £52,769 (2024: £82,422), with £694 (2024: £71,505) held in debtors.” — page 40

“P Roberts is the Department for Education's Head of Delivery for the Derby Opportunity Area. During the year the charity received income of £176,000 via Derby City Council (2024: £141,971) with £41,054 (2024: £Nil) held in debtors.” — page 40

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bates Weston Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Derby County Community Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£3.5m

Total spending

£3.9m

Cost of raising funds

£193k

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

98

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Baljinder Singh Atwal
DEAN NATHAN JACKSON
Dawn Marie Spendlove
Debbie Widdowson
Michael Scott Evans
Paul Raymond Roberts
Phillip Ellis
Rachel Susan Morris
Richard Mark Gerver
Stephen Anthony Pearce

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£3.5m	£3.9m
30/06/2024	£3.9m	£4.0m
30/06/2023	£3.3m	£3.4m
30/06/2022	£3.6m	£3.2m
30/06/2021	£2.5m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £366,089 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,428,452 to £1,062,363. Despite the deficit, the trustees state the organisation remains in a healthy position with strong cash reserves of £1,569,800. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months of core costs, reforecast to £168,000, plus a £135,000 buffer, with total designated funds held at £506,268. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bates Weston Audit Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST	FY2025	£8k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	09/07/2025	£16k	School Games Organiser - 183
Sport England	07/07/2025	£16k	School Games Organiser - 094
Sport England	14/04/2025	£8k	School Games Organiser - 183
Sport England	14/04/2025	£8k	School Games Organiser - 094
Sport England	03/06/2024	£24k	School Games Organiser - 183
Sport England	03/06/2024	£24k	School Games Organiser - 094
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2024	£20k	Team Talk (TT)
Sport England	06/09/2023	£16k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	06/09/2023	£16k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	15/03/2023	£8k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	14/03/2023	£8k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	25/07/2022	£15k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	25/07/2022	£15k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	22/03/2022	£9k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	22/03/2022	£9k	School Games Organiser
Sport England	02/09/2020	£2k	Toyota Parasport Fund - Visual Impairment Programme
Sport England	06/05/2020	£300k	Potential Fund #iwill extension
UK government	03/09/2018	£28k	Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
UK government	01/04/2018	£20k	ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
Sport England	28/02/2018	£10k	Active Minds Community
Sport England	01/11/2017	£135k	Potentials Fund
Sport England	30/10/2012	£10k	Futsal Development Programme
UK government	—	£10k	ALB-Active Minds Community

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Edge Ministries	2	£18k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£66k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE GREATER MANCHESTER HIGH SHERIFF'S POLICE TRUST	1	£4k
THE NORTH WALES POLICE AND COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION.

DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION income £691k
Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust income £157k
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.1m
BLACKBURN ROVERS COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.9m
BERKS COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB income £188k
Stockport County Community Trust income £976k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DERBY COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST	£3.5m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025	£691k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BLACKBURN ROVERS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024	£1.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
BERKS COUNTY FOOTBALL CLUB FY2025	£188k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.